Authorities in Grant County have lifted all evacuation notices as crews work to contain a wildfire burning grass and brush in Central Washington. Fire officials said Wednesday that one small outbuilding was lost but no injuries have been reported. The wildfire has burned about 3 square miles in a sparsely populated area north of the city of Soap Lake.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 9:09:05 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Skagit County’s Department of Emergency Medical Services debuted Tuesday the framework for a plan to revise the ambulance system. At a meeting of EMS stakeholders, county EMS Director Jeff Sargent presented an eight-point list of initiatives the department wants to implement during the next six-year EMS levy cycle.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 7:36:33 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

Skagit County’s Department of Emergency Medical Services debuted Tuesday the framework for a plan to revise the ambulance system. At a meeting of EMS stakeholders, county EMS Director Jeff Sargent presented an eight-point list of initiatives the department wants to implement during the next six-year EMS levy cycle.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 7:35:43 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Early spring was cool and wet in Washington, but May was among the hottest and driest on record, which has state officials bracing for a worse-than-normal wildfire season. State residents probably won’t see the record destruction of 2014 and 2015, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz said Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 5:37:01 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review